The theatre industry is crumbling? Us small-timers would like to have a word. — Okay. Theatres are crumbling, right? Hands are wringing everywhere! But I’ve felt weirdly alienated from all the sorrow, and it just clicked into place why: it’s not my world. I’m a good playwright — I went to a good school, I got some fancy awards, I’m proud of the stuff…

Was 2016 the end of something great? Or the beginning of something terrible? — It’s the Fourth of July, a few days after the so-called Supreme Court put more of our rights through the shredder, I’m hiding out in my bedroom, recovering from my second dance with covid, I’m thinking about (mourning?) the state of the world, when I turn on the documentary of…

Last night, Chris Rock broadcast his new special Selective Outrage live on Netflix and loudly joined the pantheon of Millionaire Comedians Who Have Opinions on Caitlyn Jenner. He spent some time musing about how he’d feel if his own father came out as trans, and he got in some sly…

Nature goes in a spiral. — The day I turned thirty-five was not a great day. I did not want to be turning thirty-five, but I also didn’t want to be the type of person who didn’t want to turn thirty-five. Didn’t I think aging was a blessing? Didn’t I think youth culture was a capitalist…

Stay in your caves, kids! — It’s a TikTok video. It’s thirty-three seconds long, which is exactly how long I thought about it before I posted it. Take a look, if you want: https://www.tiktok.com/@megan.gogerty/video/7136590928864644398?_r=1&_t=8VK6XLVmnDq&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7136590928864644398 “We bought this air fryer, and I swear I’m not an idiot,” the video begins. “But how do you turn it on?”…

In praise of an unruly body. — In the first episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, there are several shots of Jen quietly slipping off her mild-mannered, work-appropriate leather pumps in advance of her hulking out, so she doesn’t rip them to smithereens. Her feet grow with the rest of her when she hulks out: they get…

Sometimes, you gotta get a little frisky for art. — At the makeup store, two consultants approached me. “Can we help you find something?” one of them asked. “Yes,” I said. “I’m doing a photo shoot where I’m dressed as a…” and I lost my nerve. I just couldn’t bring myself to say, “….sexy chipmunk.” It was too embarrassing. So…

Reflecting on my 2017 play, Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan. — I’m teaching Macbeth this summer at Hollins Playwrights Lab — along with, coincidentally, every other member of the faculty, in a spectacular example of The Vibes Are Strong — and rather than purchase a new copy, I decided to dig out my old one. Why buy a new one? …

Don’t Look Up can’t overcome how stupid this time in history is. In the movie Clueless, there’s a scene where a character wants to burn something and asks rich girl Cher if her fireplace works. Cher nods and turns it on with a remote control. This got a huge laugh in 1992. Imagine! Rich people are so silly and excessive and shallow! …